26 November 1695

Original Calendar: Julian (start of year: 25 Mar).

(As Marked: Nov. 26. 1695.)

Authors

Wallis, John (Dr), 1616-1703 Mathematician and cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford; F.R.S.

Recipients

Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742 astronomer

Mentions

Aldrich, Henry (Dr), 1647-1710 dean of Christ Church, Oxford

Benson, Elizabeth (née Wallis), 1658-1703 wife of William Benson (1649-1691)

Busby (Mr) (mentioned 1684-95)

Caswell, John, 1655-1712 Savilian professor of astronomy, University of Oxford, 1708-12; son of Clement Caswell of Crookhorne, Somersetshire; admitted servitor, Wadham College, Oxford, 1671; vice-principal of Hart Hall, Oxford

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 1646-1716 German philosopher; mathematician

Newton, Isaac (Sir), 1642-1727 natural philosopher; mathematician

Pinfold (Mrs) (mentioned 1695) of Hatton Garden, Holborn

Origin

As marked: Oxford

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Keywords

anti-logarithm; Light and Colours; master of mint

Language

English

Versions (originals, copies, etc)

• Letter
  • Repository: Royal Society Library

    City: London

    Country: England, United Kingdom

  • Shelfmark: Early Letters, W2, No. 56
  • Comments: 2 pp. | At top of p. 1: `Entered LB. II. 2. 131'. On p. 2: `Dr. Wallis to Mr. Halley Oxford Novr. 26. 1695. No. 62'. | printed in: Edleston, Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes, including Letters of other Eminent Men pp. 302 (partly). Newton, Correspondence IV, pp. 188-90.
• Letter
  • Repository: Royal Society Library

    City: London

    Country: England, United Kingdom

  • Shelfmark: Letter Book Copy 11 (2), pp. 148-49
• Letter
  • Repository: Royal Society Library

    City: London

    Country: England, United Kingdom

  • Shelfmark: Letter Book Original 11 (2), pp. 131-32